re: Top 25 Recruiting Teams from '02-'11

Injuries occur everywhere. With the classes UGA signed, there's NO excuse for not having quality depth IMO.

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Jesus, Alabama sucks.

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Yet many seem to think our recruiting was fine in the pre-Saban years. #49 class in 2003.

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Injuries occur everywhere.

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Of course.

But the injuries UGA's had on the OL across a few classes dating back to around 2003 have been particularly costly. Perhaps it's bad recruiting. Or bad luck. But there's nothing you can say about player development there.

If you want to say Richt et al should've recruited more OL's......I'd agree.

Probably.

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With the classes UGA signed, there's NO excuse for not having quality depth IMO.

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Well gosh, that's good to know.

But if you look at the areas depth has been a problem at UGA under Richt, there's really only one.

Hint: look above.

Note to Arkansas. Recruiting matters.

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There have been nine college football national champions in that span, with two teams winning two titles each (Florida and LSU). Five of the national champs (Auburn, Florida, LSU, Texas and USC) are in the top eight in recruiting; the others are No. 12 Ohio State and No. 13 Alabama.

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Hahaha. Right over your head.

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Was it?

Or did I just choose to ignore it?

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smelvis

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You and your little excuse-making, complacent minions are why this man still has a job.

It's not hard to comprehend.

So far in this thread, I've seen you make excuses for Richt in regards to the OL having a ton of injuries. However, at the same time you say it's Richt's fault for not recruiting enough OL.

I'm going by the rankings over the past 10 years, and UGA is a top 5 recruiting team. Meaning, somewhere along the line, they should have won at least 1 NC. Richt does less with more, and everyone knows this.

I don't know where they got these numbers, because the year before last our class was like 16th.

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How does Richt still have his job? Because he is a good guy? Really?

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Yep, that's it. That's the only reason.

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Or did I just choose to ignore it?

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Yeah, that's why Richt has a job and yall lost to UCF and Colorado last year.

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It's not hard to comprehend.

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Then? Why? Have? You? Continued? To? Miss? My? Point?

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So far in this thread

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Okay.

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I've seen you make excuses for Richt in regards to the OL having a ton of injuries

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See above. Then come back and realize I haven't made any excuses for Richt. I am saying that UGA when it comes to recruiting, it would be tough to call UGA the second best team in the nation when the OL has consistently been a problem. Some of that due to Richt (under-recruitment of OL), some of that not (freakish run of shoulder and knee injuries).

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However, at the same time you say it's Richt's fault for not recruiting enough OL.

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Right. He hasn't. Which is where UGA has needed to recruit better. Though skill positions have typically been stocked.

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I'm going by the rankings over the past 10 years, and UGA is a top 5 recruiting team.

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I guess, if we look at stars next to names in classes, yay....UGA got a bunch. But if you look at production on the field, UGA missed on quite a few guys.

Could Richt have done better developing players? In several cases I'd agree. In several cases, some of the more highly ranked players coming in either never panned out (and wouldn't of anywhere, disputing this is just silly), got injured, or just purely weren't as good as advertised.

So when it comes down to actual recruiting needs as a whole, not just stars, then I don't think it's possible to say UGA is the second best this decade.

Do the names Albert Hollis and Durrell Robinson mean anything to you?

If not, , I've been having a conversation with a teeker kid and I'll just kindly ignore everything above and leave the thread alone.

Cause everybody knows about teeker kids.